{"id":2628,"date":"2015-11-13T10:02:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T18:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2016-04-26T10:19:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T17:19:07","slug":"sacnas-2015-the-power-of-diversity-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2015\/11\/sacnas-2015-the-power-of-diversity-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"SACNAS 2015: The power of diversity in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the\u00a0OSU chapter of SACNAS attended the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.2015sacnas.org\/events\/2015-sacnas-national-conference\/custom-19-6170a953907b4808ab42c5ec7ec147b6.aspx\">SACNAS 2015\u00a0National Conference<\/a> in Washington, D.C., October 29-31. The chapter won\u00a0the Outstanding Development and Outreach Role Model Award, and was one of 13 chapters recognized for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.2015sacnas.org\/events\/2015-sacnas-national-conference\/custom-120-6170a953907b4808ab42c5ec7ec147b6.aspx\">outstanding achievements<\/a> by SACNAS!<\/p>\n<p>SACNAS stands for the\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">S<\/span><span class=\"s2\">ociety for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">A<\/span><span class=\"s2\">dvancement of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">C<\/span><span class=\"s2\">hicanos\/Hispanics and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">N<\/span><span class=\"s2\">ative\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">A<\/span><span class=\"s2\">mericans in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">S<\/span>cience. The organization is dedicated to fostering the success of Chicano\/Hispanic and Native American scientists\u2014from college students to professionals\u2014to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in science.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about all the activities\u00a0that took place, join the SACNAS conference re-cap,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">which is open to the OSU community, on November 17 from 5-7 pm in OSU&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dce.oregonstate.edu\/cccc\">Centro Cultural C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez<\/a>, 691 SW 26th Street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"725\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:2121,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\\\/impact\\\/2015\\\/11\\\/sacnas-2015-the-power-of-diversity-in-stem\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:96212355}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 725px; 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